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OpenCoSy.org the CoSy compiler community website
OpenCoSy is a compiler community initiative. It aims to enable and encourage users of the CoSy compiler development system to exchange experiences, to share compiler technology components and to co-develop advanced compilers. The OpenCoSy has been setup for a variety of reasons. Academic users who use CoSy for advanced compiler research have expressed a need to be able to share research results and experiences. Compiler engineers in the...
preview: http://www.opencosy.org   |

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OpenEmbedded
OpenEmbedded is a full-featured development environment allowing users to target a wide variety of devices. Supporting multiple build, release paths and configurations, OpenEmbedded extends the capabilities of your build and release engineers. OpenEmbedded uses compilation and configuration caching at most levels to increase developer productivity.
preview: http://oe.handhelds.org   |

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OSLib Home Page
OSLib is a collection of low level functions aimed to help programmers in developing system software, ranging from small programs for embedded systems to complex Operating System kernels. Using OSLib, the system programmer can focus on the software itself, without caring about the interaction with the hardware. In this sense, OSLib is similar to the Flux OS Toolkit.
preview: http://oslib.sourceforge.net   |

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eCos home page
Open source, royalty-free, real-time operating system intended for embedded applications. The highly configurable nature of eCos allows the operating system to be customised to precise application requirements, delivering the best possible run-time performance and an optimised hardware resource footprint. Supports ARM, Xscale, Renesas H8, x86, 68K, MIPS, PowerPC, Sparc, SuperH, and many others.
preview: http://ecos.sourceware.org   |

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WhatOS (RTOS Creation Tool)
WhatOS is a free open source embedded system development solution. It provides a complete set of tools for creating high-quality, reliable embedded systems. These include: a real-time operating system (RTOS) generator, a simulator for testing and debugging generated systems, and tools for interacting with systems remotely after they have been embedded.
preview: http://www.sticlete.com   |

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Quantifying the cost savings of using open source in software development
Difficult economic and market conditions are forcing software development teams to do even more with less, and to become even more responsive to customer needs. No matter whether an organization relies on traditional waterfall software development methodologies or more flexible agile development processes, the use of open source code is the key to dramatically speeding software development. It is hard to imagine that anyone would start a...
preview: http://www.dsp-fpga.com   date: 08/20/2009 |

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Open source, high availability middleware for the military environment
High availability is a key requirement for many military embedded systems. To meet this need, OpenSAF, an open source middleware implementation of the Service Availability Forum’s high-availability specifications, provides new options for this critical software layer. This open source middleware offers several benefits, comprises the HPI and AIS open specifications, and is highly suitable for use in security-conscious environments.
preview: http://www.mil-embedded.com   date: 06/17/2009 |